Pencil-sharpener



(No Model.)

G. R. LEWIS 82; H, L. BOWMAN.

PENCIL SHARPENER.

No. 360,313. Patented Mar. 29, 18.87.

& mvgmons:

BY Juli/YUM;

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES GEORGE RIX LEWIS AND HELEN L.

BOYVMAN, OF LAMOILLE, ILLINOIS.

PENClL-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,313, dated March29,1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE Rix LEwrs and HELEN L. BOWMAN, both ofLamoi11e,in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented anew and Improved Pencil- Sharpener, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming apart thereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of our improvedpencil-sharpener. Fig. 2- is a transverse section, and Fig. 3 isa detailview ofone of the hinges of the cover.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlogs.

The object of our invention is to provide a pencil-sharpener by means ofwhich a finepoint can readily be obtained, and which is provided with areceptacle in which the dust of the pencil will be received andretained.

Our invention consists in a rectangular box provided with a cover, towhich are attached one or more sheets of sand-paper, and hung on hingesformed of cranked or offset wires, and arranged to close the top of thebox, or to rest in an inclined position with one edge thereofwithin thebox, so that the dust disengaged by the sharpener will be delivered tothe box, and thus prevented from being scattered.

The box A is preferably made rectangular in form and of convenient depthfor receiving and retaining the dust removed from the pencil in theoperation of sharpening. The front end of the box is lowerthan thesides,to admit ofshutting the cover B down upon the end and between the sides.

The cover B is connected with the box by cranked or offset wires 0.(Shown in detail in Fig. 3.) One end of each wire Ois fastened in theedge of the cover, near the extremity thereof, the Wires G beingarranged directly opposite each other in opposite edges of the cover.The remaining ends of the wires 0 are inserted in opposite sides of thebox, near one end and near the top thereof. By means of the wires 0,arranged in this way, the coveris hinged, so that it may be placed in aninclined position in the end of the box, as shownin full lines in Fig.2, or turned on the wires,which act as hinges, and closed, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 2, the front edge of the cover having a pin, a, andthe front end of the box A being provided with a spring-catch, b, forengaging the pin when the box is closed.

To the inner surface of the box-cover is sefrom the pencil end by theabrasive surface of the sandpaper will fall into the box A,where it willbe retained.

It' will be observed that our improved pencil-sharpener may be handledwithout danger of soiling the fingers.

The sharpener is intended for sharpening lead-pencils, slate-pencils,crayons, pastels, and similar implements employed in drawing or writing.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Iatent 1. The combination, with the box A and coverI5, fitted between the sides of the box, of the cranked wires (I,inserted in the edges ofthe cover and into the sides of the box,substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a pencil-sharpener formed ofthe box A, having its front end lower than its sides, a cover, B, fittedbetween the sides of the box, hinges formed of the cranked wires 0,inserted in the edges of the cover and entering the sides of the box,series of sheets of abrasive paper secured to the inner surface of thebox-cover, and a fastener for holding the cover ina closedposition,substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE RIX LEWIS. HELEN L. BOWMAN.

\Vitnesses to the signature of George Rix Lewis:

\V. E. HEATHOOTE, \V. G. PORTER.

\Vitnesses to the signature of Helen L. Bowman:

J ACOB SPAHN, EMIL LUDEKENs.

